Wenks v. Hazard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polls District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. Suit to recover a commission for procuring a purchaser of certain personal property. . There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant- appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtSiierwin, J.
The defendant and one McLeod each *18owned a block of stock of the Northwestern Laundry Company of Des Moines, and both were engaged in operating the laundry. McLeod owed the defendant $4,000, which was represented by a note, and the laundry company owed the defendant $4,500. The plaintiff, Wenks, also owed the defendant $400, for which he had given his note.
The plaintiff alleged in his "petition that in the latter part of 1905, or the first of the year 1906, an oral agreement was entered into by him and the defendant, whereby the defendant agreed to pay him the sum of $2,000 if he should find a…
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